Wpływ incydentu na bezpieczeństwo informacji w zarządzaniu podmiotem

The beginning of the 21st century is the period of the intensive development of the Western Civilization changing from industrial epoch based on industry and resources to informative epoch where most important issues are information and knowledge. Because of the change, there are new problems and threats which have not existed before. In the industrial world, we are afraid of physical threats – fires, thefts and sabotage. In the world of information, virtual threats must be added as well. Various occurrences where rules of management are not observed can lead to critical situation or crisis and as a result can ruin a particular subject. What is more, computer-related occurrences must also be mentioned. Different occurrences and information security incidents will be taken into consideration in the article, such as serious threats which can cause crisis in organization if suitable management mechanism was not prepared.